Saturday, October 3, 2009

Science and Trade Institute

Officially a capsuleer, I join up with the Science and Trade Institue (STI) corporation at Jouvulen III. Here is where I will begin to learn the ins and outs of being a capsuleer. STI is an open corp many of us new Caldari capsuleers join. Its nothing special, full of people, some rookies, others, well, they just don't want to bother with CEO's breathing down their necks. Really its a pretty friendly place, with many helpful people. It definetly beats the "Rookie Help" channel, come on people.

I opened up my comm channel the other day and saw "Rookie Help" scrolling by and the discussion turned to some anatomical function. I swear, the network must have been hacked and half the people in the channel aren't even capsuleers but school kids with to much time on a computer.

I board my Ibis and settle in. Sadly all civilian equipment, but hey, it was free. Civilian miner, check, civilian gatling gun, check. Propulsion systems online, cpu and power-grid nominal. I toggle the comm, "Requesting permission to undock." A brief pause, "Permission granted, undock at will. Fly safe." comes the reply. I smack the undock button, maybe  a bit to hard, but I'm eager to get out of here.

An small unassuming IBIS undocks from STI Jouvulen III, thrusters fire and it gains distance from the station, avoiding other pilots the ship begins to align towards a nearby celestial body. In a flash it leaves normal space and warps towards its destination leaving only a ripple in space as a testament to its departure. No other pilot pays any attention to the departure of that small IBIS, its one of hundreds that will depart in a similar fashion over the course of the day. And none would guess the path that lies ahead of that unassuming pilot.

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